Dismissed Quotes
120 quotes by 118 authors
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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet…
— Francis of Assisi
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It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the Nineties as being 'greedy' by…
— Julie Burchill
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The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board.…
— Nolan Bushnell
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I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired.' That's 180 degrees from the arrangement we have…
— Tony La Russa
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The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens…
— Sun Tzu
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Among the most striking things that I have learned is how much we have in common. I've sat down with people everywhere, discussing what was…
— Hillary Clinton
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We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
— Colley Cibber
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The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and…
— John Shelby Spong
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One would always want to think of oneself as being on the side of love, ready to recognize it and wish it well -but, when…
— Shirley Hazzard
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Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can…
— Desmond Tutu
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Over the past eighteen years I have acted as a scientific consultant to the U.S. Air Force on the subject of unidentified flying objects -…
— J. Allen Hynek
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Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State,…
— Winston Churchill
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If writing with a goal - whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic - implies propaganda, then all recorded history is propaganda. . . a…
— Paul Copan
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If we raise a generation of students who dont believe in the process of science, who think everything that weve come to know about nature…
— Bill Nye
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Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed…
— Christopher Hitchens
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Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to…
— Dwight Yoakam
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Critics of NAFTA and CAFTA warned at the time that the agreements were actually a move toward ... an eventual merging of North America into…
— Ron Paul
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The public takes little notice of those who want to abolish abortion. They are dismissed as extremists. If I were to argue that all abortions…
— Nadine Dorries
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In Europe, Henk Tennekes was dismissed as research director of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Society after questioning the scientific underpinnings of global warming.
— Richard Lindzen
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A major announcement. Events are moving fast in my campaign, and yes, it's true that this morning I've dismissed my entire team of senior advisers.…
— John McCain
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